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Castelândia

Castelândia is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugar cane and soybeans.

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Settlement.official_name: Castelândia
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão de Castelândia.png
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira de Castelândia.png
Settlement.image_map: Goias Municip Castelandia.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Goiás state
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central-West
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Goiás
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Sudoeste de Goiás
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region

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Castelândia is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugar cane and soybeans.

==Location== Castelândia is located in the southwest of the state, west of the Rio dos Bois, a major tributary of the Paranaíba. It is 54 kilometers northeast of the regional center, Quirinópolis and 95 kilometers southwest of Rio Verde. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 282 km. Highway connections are made by GO-040 / Aragoiânia / Cromínia / Pontalina / Bom Jesus de Goiás / BR-452 / GO-319 / Aloândia. Sepin. Neighboring municipalities are Rio Verde, Maurilândia, and Bom Jesus de Goiás.